Transfer



Patented Feb/2S, 1928. v

UNITED STATES HELENA S. SADTLER, OF ERDENHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA.

I TRANSFER.

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My invention relates to anew and improved method of applying transfersto fabrice or the like and to a new and improved fabric markingformed bymeans of such 5 transfers.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a new and improvedmethod for applying transfers having fusible markings formed thereon, tofabrics or the. like.

in Another object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedmarking formed on fabrics or the like by means of transfers havingfusible markings thereon.

Another object of my inventionis to provide a method whereby coloredtransfers can be caused to contrast very sharply with respect to thefabrics to which they are'applied.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription which illustrates a. preferred embodiment thereof, it beingunderstood that the above general statement of the objects of myinvention is intened to generally illustrate the same and not to limitit in any manner.

Multi-colored transfers of various kinds employing fusible inks orhaving markings including a fusible ingredient have been well known formany years.

Experience has shown that if such transfers are utilized to formmarkings upon dark colored fabrics in the ordinary manner, by heat andpressure, that the markings so formed sink so deeply into the fabricthat they do not contrast sufficiently with the dark colored fabric.Various compositions and methods of forming the transfer have beenproposed, but they have all been subject to defects. For example, it hasbeen proposed to provide a layer of light colored material upon thetransfer markings but this requires additional expense and manipulationand in addition the light colored particles become intermixed to acertain extent with the colored ingredients and the compositions usedfor making the transfers so that these colors were diluted more or lessand variations were thus produced in the desired color tones. The colorof the final marking upon the fabric often differed materially from theshade of the coloring ingredient or ingredients forming part of thetransfer marking composition.

According to my invention a transfer havas ing a colored ingredientmetallic or non-metallic is made in any suitable manner. Such withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof.

Application filed February 3, 1927. SerialNo. 165,754.

a transfer may have a single color or it may be multi-colored. p Beforeapplying the transfer to the fabric,the fabric is dusted with a powderconsisting of chalk, starch or the like so that the fine, light, coloredparticles cling to the surface of the fabric. d

When the transfer is applied to the fab ric by heat and pressure in'theordinary -manner, these fine particles of chalk, starch orthe like forma surface layer upon the fabric which prevents the color transfercomposition from sinking in.

to this method produce clear and distinct markings especially adaptedfor embroidery designs and the like.

Since the loose particles of chalk, starch or the like are separatedfrom each other by minute spaces, the transfer marking is free to firmlyattach itself to the fabric at these intermediate spaces. The particlesof chalk, Starch or the like are, therefore, enclosed between the faceof the fabric and the marking formed thereon. The use of loose, sepa- 9orated, protective particles of powder is su perior to the use of asizing which fills up the pores of the face of the fabric becausefilling up the pores of-the face of the fabric Would prevent the markingfrom being firmly connected to the face of the fabric.

1 have described a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numer ous changes and. omissions could be made loo I claim A methodof applying a. fusible transfer marking to a fabric or the like whichconsists in first forming a surface layer of loose particles upon thefabric, and then applying ms the transfer marking thereto by heat andpressure. v

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at lVashington, inthe District of Columbia, this third day of February, 1927.

HELENA S. SADTLER.

